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'I have been afraid of these dogs for so long, now I can’t imagine my life without him': After years of fear, one woman adopts a shy rescue Doberman and finds the sweetest companion she never expected

Sarah Brown

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Woman moves out of ex-boyfriend's apartment and leaves her rescue Pit bull, Moose, behind, her ex struggles to care for the dog alone and warns he’ll return him to a shelter if she doesn’t come back for him: '[Says I'm] trying to get rid of her baby'

Emma Saven

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‘For the love of all things canine, teach your kids to ask before touching a dog’: Dad ignores a “Do Not Pet” vest and sends his daughter to pet Luna, the anxious rescue mid-training, then shouts at the owner for blocking them

Etai Eshet

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‘My friend found 6 abandoned puppies off a busy freeway in Texas. I ended up adopting Richie bc me and my dog both fell in love with him.’: The rescue puppy who beat the odds, found a furever home and lived happily ever after with his deaf doggo sibling

Laurent Shinar

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'Her new life story started 3 weeks ago': Rescued bird Margalo finds a loving home, new siblings, and the confidence to spread her wings again

Sarah Brown

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First responders help rescue dogs find loving homes in heartwarming event, audience howlariously reacts: ‘Do the firefighters come with the puppies?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Once we got her to our home… her personality completely changed, y'all, it was WILD’: After five days of feeding and failed capture attempts, a terrified dog mom finally trusts her rescuers enough to drive away with them to her new furever home

Laurent Shinar

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'Without her, there is nothing': 93-year-old man reunited with lost doggo after rescuers lured her back with homemade meatballs and his smelly socks

Blake Seidel

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Cute dog gets left behind at rental property, but finds his wings after getting adopted by Harry Potter lover who names him ‘Nimbus 2000’ for his happy high jumps

Blake Seidel

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5-year-old “ugly” rescue dog finally gets adopted by his forever family, who find out that he's actually a rare Chimera Dog with two sets of DNA: ‘He is his own twin’

Blake Seidel

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Kind-hearted woman rescues dog and takes it to shelter while trying to contact owner, shocked when the dog's owners angrily confront her, blaming her for new shelter fees, ignoring the dog's repeated escapes: 'Guilt-trip me into offering to pay'

Emma Saven

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‘I thought he was a fox, but it’s a full-on puppy covered in paint': Woman nearly hits a stray puppy while driving at night, she swears to drop him off at the shelter the next morning, but bonds with him instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I held him like a baby and he fell asleep in my arms, which the rescue said they’d never seen him do before.”: A puppy's surprising calmness comforts a grieving daughter in an ICU waiting room, an experience that left a permanent paw print on her soul

Laurent Shinar

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Family adopts adorable shelter pup with an identity crisis that's melting the internet's heart: 'She's definitely 95% bear cub'

Blake Seidel

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‘He must’ve also been abandoned in the wild for some time for him to have so many ticks and fleas when I found him.’: Neglected puppy is gently and patiently nursed back to health by his rescuer and given a new leash on life, readying him for adoption

Laurent Shinar

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Shelter employee lies to family looking to adopt a small puppy, tricking them into adopting a large breed dog; a few months later they have a massive 115 lb. doggo with hip dysplasia

Blake Seidel

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